{"date":"December 23","id":"12-23","intro":["If all the books in the world were on fire, some men would risk their lives to save certain priceless writings: the world’s classics. Sainte-Beuve here tells why."],"minutes":26,"readings":[{"author":"Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve","end":133,"start":121,"volume":32,"work":"What Is a Classic?"}],"slug":"december-23","status":"proofread","title":"Saved from a Bonfire of Books","url":"/harvard-classics/december-23/","words":5159}